Unleash Space, the University of Auckland’s innovation hub featuring a state-of-the-art maker space, has been the perfect place for student Melissa Bather to let her creative side run free while studying towards a Bachelor of Science and then a Postgraduate Diploma in Statistics.

The founders of A.I. hospital rostering and recruitment solution ventures, New Zealand Universities National League Case Competition winners and the Global EY Corporate Finance Woman of the Year have all been recognised as outstanding student innovators in the 2021 University of Auckland Blues Awards.

The University of Auckland has won an international award from the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centres (GCEC) for Outstanding Student Engagement and Leadership.

A new generation of start-up founders has been released into the world with the completion of the University of Auckland’s 2021 Velocity entrepreneurship development programme.

Thirty student participants of the Business School’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) have had their newly acquired skills and extra-curricular work recognised with the University of Auckland Distinguished Graduate Award.

Online mental wellbeing platform Clearhead has collaborated with youth organisation Mā Te Huruhuru to bring together 40 Māori rangatahi (youth) in South Auckland to learn more about navigating mental health and how to improve their mental wellbeing with Clearhead’s digital tools.

Since arriving in New Zealand in 2017, recent University of Auckland graduate Sejal Bhan has already made her mark on four innovative start-ups tackling challenges in biosecurity, health and wellbeing, motion-capture technology, and electronic waste.

Velocity is the University of Auckland’s entrepreneurship development programme run by a committee of around 30 students. Guiding the student team through each year is Velocity Programme Coordinator Kirsten Beckman.

A pioneering project that has developed solid measurements of employability skills has been the recipient of a University of Auckland Faculty of Engineering Teaching Excellence award. The project aims to enhance the employability of third year engineering students by developing participants' multidisciplinary mindsets and transferable skills.

A platform developed by a team of nine University of Auckland and AUT alumni just one month ago has already helped 70,000 Kiwis find and book their Covid vaccinations. Vaxx.nz is a tool that helps people locate an available vaccination centre near them quickly and easily, with the aim of helping New Zealand reach its 90% vaccination target as soon as possible.